Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

South Carolina-based Agape Care Group has acquired several Crossroads Hospice locations in four states. Agape, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners, purchased sites in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia for an undisclosed amount. Crossroads is retaining its locations in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “The addition of Crossroads Hospice solidifies our decision to expand into the Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma markets, where we have spent more than a year

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

After starting my nursing career in labor and delivery, I transitioned to caring for patients with kidney disease at dialysis centers. Then, after working for nearly 17 years in dialysis, I moved to Interwell Health , a value-based kidney care provider, where I could use my years of experience to educate kidney patients and try to help them improve their kidney function and overall health to help delay or even prevent dialysis.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Many home-based care workers often feel unsafe in their jobs, having a direct impact on hospice recruitment and retention. More than 50% of 400 home-based care employees said they had experienced or witnessed at least one instance of workplace violence or harassment in a recent report from Transcend Strategy Group. About 20% indicated that they had experienced or witnessed at least seven such incidents, the research found.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In this week’s blog, and the 3rd in the CYP series Julie C Menzies @jmenzies1 , Rebekah Overend, Lyvonne N Tume @lyvonnetume, discuss ‘Complexity, commissioning, capacity and capability: challenges for paediatric critical care provision’ Julie & Lyvonne Children and young people (CYP) represent a third of our population. Sustaining and improving their health and wellbeing is therefore a key priority 1.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Plano, Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice will soon add a third location to its geographic footprint in Oklahoma. The de novo will open this fall, located in Durant, Oklahoma, and serve hospice patients and their families across 11 surrounding counties. The new location will allow for expanded access to end-of-life care and caregiver support, according to Robert Watson, who will serve as its new executive director.

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Together for Short Lives

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Thousands of families whose children need palliative care face a postcode lottery as to whether they receive it. This is reducing their choice and control and is causing unnecessary and unplanned emergency admissions to hospital among children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, some of whom prefer to access palliative care at home. […] The post Together for Short Lives makes formal representation to Spending Review 2024 appeared first on Together for Short

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Elder Care Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Financial planning for retirement is a crucial step in ensuring seniors have adequate resources to support their lifestyle while efficiently transferring assets to heirs. This article explores essential strategies for retirement planning and estate management to protect and preserve financial security. The post Essential Financial Planning Strategies for Seniors: Secure Your Retirement and Estate appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In Springer Publishing’s latest episode of the Conversations About Health Care Delivery in the United States podcast, hosts Jim Knickman and Brian Elbel discuss the importance of health behavior, especially the often-overlooked issue of sleep hygiene, with Dr. Azizi Seixas, the interim chair of health informatics and health data science at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Minority nurses are uniquely positioned to leverage their influence to help combat racial disparities in the healthcare industry. As climate change increasingly and disproportionately affects people of color, empowering minority nurses through environmental health education is becoming imperative. Through educational initiatives, minority nurses can help counter environmental racism and its associated adverse health outcomes.

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Nurse Nacole

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Category: Critical Care Nursing The principal uses of ketamine in airway management are as a sedative agent for awake intubation and as the induction agent during rapid sequence intubation for patients with acute severe asthma or hemodynamic instability.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

When searching for in-home care in Scottsdale, it’s essential to ask the right questions to ensure you’re hiring the best Scottsdale caregiver for your loved one’s needs. Whether you’re looking for assistance with daily activities or specialized medical care, selecting a trusted Scottsdale home care agency can make all the difference in ensuring comfort, safety, and peace of mind.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Recent research has found that palliative care’s value proposition may be gaining momentum across the health continuum and in educational settings. Palliative Care Paves Way for Stronger Comorbidity Risk Assessment Patients with liver cancer could benefit from receiving palliative care services and procedures further upstream in their illness trajectories.

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